Pisqan Punta

Coordinates: 10°03′47″S 77°00′42″W / 10.06306°S 77.01167°W / -10.06306; -77.01167
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Pisqan Punta
Pisqan Punta is located in Peru
Pisqan Punta
Pisqan Punta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates10°03′47″S 77°00′42″W / 10.06306°S 77.01167°W / -10.06306; -77.01167
Geography
LocationPeru, Ancash Region
Parent rangeAndes, Wallanka

Pisqan Punta (Quechua pichqa, pisqa five, -n a suffix, punta peak; ridge,[2][3][4] hispanicized spelling Pisccanpunta, Pisjanpunta) is a mountain in the southernmost part of the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Huasta District. Pisqan Punta lies at the Quntayqucha valley, southwest of a lake named Quntayqucha.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185